duration
noun
the length of time something continues or exists (often used withthe ).
durational
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a word derived from
duration.
Example Sentences
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Adding a hyper-meta art moment, MOCA’s current durational performance, “Police State” by Pussy Riot frontwoman Nadya Tolokonnikova, continued until 6 p.m. inside the building, just without its usual live audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
The cleaning was part of a durational performance piece, held over three days, put on by three women artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
“Even though I’m making it durational, I don’t want this to be performance art, like anything goes,” she said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Gosti says the five-hour, durational performance was created in a response to the architecture and history of the building, and relationship to bodies and time.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2022
The philosophy of the complex vision does not believe in "spirit" or "life-force" or "durational streams of tendency."
From The Complex Vision by John Cowper Powys
